TNI Bureau: In a major portfolio reshuffle, PM Narendra Modi allocated Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship to Dharmendra Pradhan while Hardeep Singh Puri became the new Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister. He will also hold the Urban Development portfolio.
New entrant Ashwini Vaishnaw hit the jackpot. He got Railways and IT & Telecommunications portfolios.
Piyush Goyal got Textiles, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food Distribution. Mansukh Mandaviya is the new Minister of Health, Chemical & Fertilisers. Jyotiraditya Scindia got Civil Aviation and Tourism. Union Home Minister Amit Shah gets additional charge of newly formed Ministry Cooperation.
Another Minister from Odisha Bishweswar Tudu gets MoS Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti portfolios.
Here’s the Complete List of Union Ministers with Portfolios:
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister and also in-charge of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; All important policy issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
CABINET MINISTERS
1. Raj Nath Singh: Minister of Defence
2. Amit Shah: Minister of Home Affairs; and Minister of Cooperation, gets additional charge of newly formed Ministry Cooperation.
3. Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Minister of Road Transport and Highways
4. Nirmala Sitharaman: Minister of Finance; and Minister of Corporate Affairs
5. Narendra Singh Tomar: Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
6. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar: Minister of External Affairs
7. Arjun Munda: Minister of Tribal Affairs
8. Smriti Zubin Irani: Minister of Women and Child Development
9. Piyush Goyal: Minister of Commerce and Industry; Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of Textiles
10. Dharmendra Pradhan: Minister of Education; and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
11. Pralhad Joshi: Minister of Parliamentary Affairs;Minister of Coal; andMinister of Mines
12. Narayan Tatu Rane: Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
13. Sarbananda Sonowal: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of AYUSH
14. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minister of Minority Affairs
15. Virendra Kumar: Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
16. Giriraj Singh: Minister of Rural Development; and Minister of Panchayati Raj
17. Jyotiraditya M. Scindia: Minister of Civil Aviation
18. Ramchandra Prasad Singh: Minister of Steel
19. Ashwini Vaishnaw: Minister of Railways; Minister of Communications; and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology
20.Pashu Pati Kumar Paras: Minister of Food Processing Industries
21.Gajendra Singh Shekhawat: Minister of Jal Shakti
22.Kiren Rijiju: Minister of Law and Justice
23.Raj Kumar Singh: Minister of Power; and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
24.Hardeep Singh Puri: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
25.Mansukh Mandaviya: Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers
26.Bhupender Yadav: Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of Labour and Employment
27.Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey: Minister of Heavy Industries
28.Parshottam Rupala: Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
29.G. Kishan Reddy: Minister of Culture;Minister of Tourism; and Minister of Development of North Eastern Region
30.Anurag Singh Thakur: Minister of Information and Broadcasting; and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
1.Rao Inderjit Singh: Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Planning; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
2.Dr. Jitendra Singh Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy; and Minister of State in the Department of Space
MINISTERS OF STATE
1.Shripad Yesso Naik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
2.Faggansingh Kulaste: Minister of State in the Ministry of Steel; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
3.Prahalad Singh Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries
4.Ashwini Kumar Choubey: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5.Arjun Ram Meghwal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
6.General (Retd.) V. K. Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation
7.Krishan Pal: Minister of State in the Ministry of Power; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries
8.Danve Raosaheb Dadarao: Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways; Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines
9.Ramdas Athawale: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
10.Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development
11.Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
12.Nityanand Rai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
13.Pankaj Chaowdhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
14.Anupriya Singh Patel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
15.Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel: Minister of State in the Ministry of Law and Justice
16.Rajeev Chandrasekhar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
17.Shobha Karandlaje: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
18.Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
19.Darshana Vikram Jardosh: Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways
20.V. Muraleedharan: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
21.Meenakashi Lekhi: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture
22.Som Parkash: Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
23.Renuka Singh Saruta: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs
24.Rameswar Teli: Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Employment
25.Kailash Choudhary: Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
26.Annpurna Devi: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
27.A. Narayanaswamy: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
28.Kaushal Kishore: Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
29.Ajay Bhatt: Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence; andMinister of State in the Ministry of Tourism
30.B. L. Verma: Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Cooperation
31.Ajay Kumar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
32.Devusinh Chauhan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications
33.Bhagwanth Khuba: Minister of State in the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
34.Kapil Moreshwar Patil: Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
35.Sushri Pratima Bhoumik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
36.Dr. Subhas Sarkar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
37.Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad: Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance
38.Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh: Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Education
39.Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
40.Bishweswar Tudu: Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti
41.Shantanu Thakur: Minister of State in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
42.Dr. Munjapara Mahendrabhai: Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development; and Minister of State in the Ministry of AYUSH
43.John Barla: Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs
44.Dr. L. Murugan: Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
45.Nisith Pramanik: Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports